It's Purdy...Ain't It?

Some of his disciples began talking about the majestic stonework of the Temple and the memorial decorations on the walls. But Jesus said, “The time is coming when all these things will be completely demolished. Not one stone will be left on top of another!”

Luke 21:5-6

 

There are some INCREDIBLY beautiful churches in this world!  We see photos of them and we "oooooooo" and "aaaahhhhh" over them.  If we have the opportunity to see them in person, we are left speechless.  We admire the grandeur!  We are intrigued by the construction.  We are left breathless!

 

Yet, if you get down to brass tacks, it's just a building.  Let me ask you a question: Can you worship God more or less in a cathedral than in a jail cell? Jesus states quite clearly that there will come a time when Churches and Temples will be completely destroyed with not even one stone on top of another.  Which begs the consideration why we believe buildings are so important to worship?  

 

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy getting together with others at church to worship.  But I do know there are those who go to the church building, go through the motions of sincere worship, yet when they leave the church building you really wonder how sincere their worship.  If it is the building that causes us to worship, then we are worshiping the building instead of the Christ who is the Bridegroom of the Church. 

 

The most beautiful cathedral I have ever seen is the one God created in the Southwest at sunrise!  Be careful who or what you choose to worship!  There will come a day...Jesus promised!